Yesterday I saw the Nutcracker at the San Francisco Ballet. It was a fabulous performance so I’ve picked a few key moments and some of my highlights to share with you.

The piece opens with the overture and Uncle Drosselmeyer in his workshop putting the finishing touches to the Nutcracker doll then we move into the grand party scene. The music was ( Read more... )

Dear Thespian friends,

I got this info about an opportunity to tender to a promenade performance in Blackpool Winter Gardens.

It sounds like a great project so I thought I'd pass it on.

THEATRE IN THE GARDENS

Blackpool Council is the lead partner for a consortium wishing to commission an original site-specific performance work for Blackpool's stunning ( Read more... )

I was hugely excited to attend the 24 hour plays. The cast were not revealed until the last minute, the plays written overnight and rehearsals begun and ended on Sunday. I arrived with Poly and Lisa to a delightful champagne reception and spent the next 20 minutes engrossed in discussion of the programme and the cast.

The evening opened ( Read more... )

Pina Bausch has been one of my favourite choreographers since I saw her work on video at the age of 16. She has a distinctive style and a body of complex, challenging works that vary from dark to humour, tears of laughter to tears of sorrow. She died last year and her company are continuing to tour her works.

Last Wednesday night I was ( Read more... )

A very lovely lady told me the rumour that David Tennant was going to be appearing in Celebrity Autobiography at the Leicester Square theatre. It looked like a fun show so I booked a ticket and lived in hope that the rumour was true. I didn’t have to wait too long for the rumour to be confirmed and I spent Wednesday at work trying very hard to ( Read more... )

Can't quite stop fidgeting today. David Tennant will be appearing in Celebrity Autobiography at the Leicester Square theatre tonight. I have a ticket! How the bloody hell I'm going to focus at work today is a mystery.
:D
*bounce* *bounce* *bounce*


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Arriving at The Crucible for the press night for Hamlet helygen and I were immediately engulfed in the buzz.  Critics and stars were liberally scattered amongst the crowd and the anticipation was palpable.

A quick celeb spot or three later we took our seats next to the centre aisle in row B of the stalls and the lights went down. 
( Spoilers for set, staging and characterisation. I trust you know how the story goes. )

Today I am tired and hungover but I have completely earned both ( Read more... )

The play starts in light-hearted mode. Fritz is having an affair with a married woman and Theodore teases him “An affair you’re having shouldn’t have me on edge”. clickable thumbnails


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On Saturday I got to meet Gail  aka helygen in person for the first time and we met at Euston station before heading out to Hampstead to see The God's Weep. We talked so much we missed our train stop and had to double back! Having picked up our tickets we settled down to enjoy lunch at the theatre and chatted happily for ages before popping outside for ( Read more... )